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Have you registered for our International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction webinar? Join us to hear how build resilienc...
09/10/2026

Have you registered for our International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction webinar? Join us to hear how build resilience from the ground up.

This year’s IDDRR theme is “Resilience starts at home.” For us, home includes the household, the street, the school and the whole community. builds and holds that local system together.

Our members will share how they include women, children, people with disabilities, older people, low-income households and gender diverse groups in planning and decision making.

Their work shows what locally led resilience looks like in practice.

📅 Tuesday 13 October 2026
⏰ 13:00 - 14:30 BST
🔗 https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j2Qzbj8ySbKBVRLAoc4msA #/registration

Bring your colleagues and your questions!

Last week, in joined events in Medellín marking the visit of Mr. Kamal Kishore, the UN SRSG for and Head of UNDRR....
23/09/2026

Last week, in joined events in Medellín marking the visit of Mr. Kamal Kishore, the UN SRSG for and Head of UNDRR.

The visit was organised by UNDRR the Mayor's Office of Medellín (through Dirección Administrativa de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres Departamental) and Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres.

The organisers gave civil society a real seat at the table, recognising the role local groups play in risk management. GNDR shared the network-of-networks booth with our partners from the Americas and Caribbean Women's Network for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Red de Jóvenes para la Reducción de Riesgos de Desastres de Colombia.

Thank you to Carolina García Londoño, Giovanna P. Osorio and Juan Esteban Castrillón, whose dedication inspires hundreds of volunteers to get involved in risk management. Thanks too to our members Johanna Florez Chacón and Kelly Johanna Zapata Trujillo for their active part in the event.

Medellín also showed why it's a Resilience Hub within the MCR2030 initiative, with progress on sustainable urban development, climate action and tech-driven risk management, plus a strong commitment to peer learning and regional alliances on climate vulnerability.

UNDRR-Las Américas y El Caribe

*Spanish below*News from ! This month marked the first in-country visit for our brand new Pre-Evacuation Platform for L...
18/09/2026

*Spanish below*

News from ! This month marked the first in-country visit for our brand new Pre-Evacuation Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean project, led by the IOM - UN Migration and TERRAM PACIS with funding from Innovasjon Norge.

The visit included the municipalities of San Pedro Sula, Choloma, and Tela in the Sula Valley, an area that still bears the scars of Hurricane Mitch and, more recently, Hurricanes Eta and Iota. There, the team held discussions with COPECO, the local emergency committees (Comité de emergencia municipal), the Red Cross, and GNDR members Asociación de Organismos No Gubernamentales de Honduras (ASONOG), Comisión de Acción Social Menonita, OCDIH, ODECO, and ASIDE HONDURAS as well as the Choloma Chamber of Commerce.

While concrete steps have already been taken to strengthen early warning systems and disaster preparedness, the greatest gaps remain in ensuring safe evacuation for the most vulnerable communities, implementing monitoring that actively includes them, and developing plans that take these now-predictable risks seriously.

Read the full article and don’t miss upcoming updates on this project: https://buff.ly/UKJBAp9

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"¡Noticias desde Honduras! Este mes se realizó la primera visita en el marco del proyecto de la Plataforma de Pre-Evacuación para América Latina y el Caribe, impulsado por la OIM y nuestra organización miembro TERRAM PACIS con financiación de IInnovasjon Norge.

La visita incluyó los municipios de San Pedro Sula, Choloma y Tela, en el Valle de Sula, una zona que todavía carga la huella del huracán Mitch y, más recientemente, de las tormentas Eta y Iota. Allí, el equipo sostuvo diálogos con COPECO, los Comité de emergencia municipal, la Cruz Roja y las organizaciones miembro de GNDR Asociación de Organismos No Gubernamentales de Honduras (ASONOG), Comisión de Acción Social Menonita, OCDIH, ODECO y ASIDE HONDURAS, además de la Cámara de Comercio de Choloma.

Si bien ya hay pasos concretos hacia el fortalecimiento de alertas tempranas y preparación ante desastres, los mayores vacíos siguen estando en la evacuación segura para las comunidades más vulnerables, un monitoreo que las incluya activamente, y una planeación que tome en serio estos riesgos, que ya son predecibles.

Lean la nota completa y no se pierdan las próximas actualizaciones de este proyecto: https://buff.ly/UKJBAp9

Great to be a part of a session at the IFRC Climate Action Summit today, which focused on turning early warning into ear...
16/09/2026

Great to be a part of a session at the IFRC Climate Action Summit today, which focused on turning early warning into early action at the local level.

It brought together voices from Kenya, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Nepal, including Dhinar Riski from YAKKUM Emergency Unit.

Dhinar shared YEU’s experience from our women-led anticipatory action programme in Indonesia. Women's groups are mapping vulnerability and capacity in their own communities, training local groups on , and developing gender-responsive early action protocols that get triggered and implemented when warnings come in. Seed grants support women-led initiatives directly, and good practice is shared up to regional and global forums.

A key takeaway from her presentation was that early warning can't become early action without resources, and timing is everything. Communities need to know before a crisis hits what resources exist, what triggers release them, and who can access them. Waiting for outside organisations to arrive costs valuable time that communities don't have.

Moderator Ipsita Sircar, GNDR’s Head of Policy and Research, closed with an important reminder: the real measure of a successful early warning system isn't the system itself, it's whether communities receive the warning, trust it, understand it, and know how to act on it.

You can read more about our work on localising early warning systems here: https://buff.ly/vhJFf83

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre |

Last month 認定npo法人 CWS Japan led a technical session on land interpretation for five landslide-prone locations in Ethi...
10/09/2026

Last month 認定npo法人 CWS Japan led a technical session on land interpretation for five landslide-prone locations in Ethiopia. The session supported our Community-led Landslide Resilience project in and , and National Society for Earthquake Technology - Nepal (NSET) and Light For Generation - LFG for Generation Ethiopia, the project's implementing partners, both attended.

CWS Japan isn't one of the project's funded partners. It's a GNDR member that stepped in to share specialist knowledge, showing what our network can do when members across the world contribute expertise regardless of location or project funding.

Read the full story to see what CWS Japan shared and how it will support the creation of localised in Ethiopia and Nepal: https://buff.ly/mcXP7aQ

This work is part of our Community-led Landslide Resilience project, which is funded by Lloyd's Register Foundation.

08/09/2026

We're recruiting a new Trustee (Human Resources) to join GNDR's Board.

This comes at a pivotal moment for GNDR, as we launch our 2026–2030 global strategy.

As a Trustee with HR expertise, you will:

🟠 Provide strategic oversight and support effective governance
🟠 Ensure compliance with employment law and advise on HR best practice
🟠 Support and challenge the Executive Director and Senior Leadership Team
🟠 Champion equity, inclusion, localisation, and community-led action
🟠 Act as an ambassador for GNDR's mission and values

We are looking for professional expertise in Human Resources, such as people and culture, organisational development, or HR policy.

This is a voluntary, unpaid role with reasonable expenses reimbursed, for a three-year term. Trustees must be eligible under UK charity law to serve as charity trustees and company directors.

Read the full trustee recruitment pack and apply: https://buff.ly/WAGG88X

Alongside our partners, GNDR has launched a new project to put Pacific communities at the centre of climate resilience. ...
10/08/2026

Alongside our partners, GNDR has launched a new project to put Pacific communities at the centre of climate resilience.

was launched in Port Vila, Vanuatu - a 3.5-year programme supporting communities in , , and to lead their own Nature-based Solutions, from mangrove regeneration to sustainable fisheries, with women, young people and people with disabilities at the forefront.

GNDR co-leads the project with ActionAid Australia under the Kiwa Initiativeitiative, working alongside implementing partners across the four countries, including Foundation for the People's of the South Pacific Kiribati and Tonga Community Development Trust - TCDT,

"GNDR has a clear and distinctive role: to help ensure that Pacific communities are not treated simply as beneficiaries, but are recognised and supported as leaders of climate resilience," said Shivangi Chavdaa, GNDR's Head of Programmes, at the launch.

Read the full story: https://buff.ly/tOjjGTX

07/08/2026

*Vacancy closed*

We're hiring! Regional Lead, Asia Pacific and Europe

GNDR is looking for an ambitious, mission-driven leader to join our Senior Leadership Team as Regional Lead for Asia Pacific and Europe.

This role sits at the centre of our work in the region. You'll lead membership development and advocacy, manage a portfolio of donor-funded projects, and build partnerships with UN agencies, regional governments and institutional donors. You'll also act as global lead for a designated risk driver, shaping GNDR's wider strategy as part of our Senior Leadership Team.

We're looking for someone with a strong track record in disaster risk reduction, humanitarian response or sustainable development programming, experience working at a regional or multi-country level, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across government, UN and donor institutions. Senior management experience is essential.

This role is remote and open to candidates living in Asia.

📅 Closing date: 31 August 2026, 12:00pm GMT+1
📩 Job description: https://www.gndr.org/vacancy-asia-pacific-and-europe/

03/08/2026

La GNDR-Bénin fait sa mue et définit sa nouvelle feuille de route.

National Coordination Meetings are an essential part of GNDR's governance structure. It's brilliant to see GNDR members ...
03/08/2026

National Coordination Meetings are an essential part of GNDR's governance structure. It's brilliant to see GNDR members from across come together to collectively review their progress and plan how together they can reduce the risk of disaster to the communities that they serve. 🙌

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